interpret quote:"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."?

Answer 1

To teach a man to be shrewd and conniving without teaching him tenderness and sensitivity would create someone without consideration for his fellow members of society. Although he might know how his actions affect those in society around him, he would fail to care if those actions had a negative or positive impact on anyone other than himself.

Answer 2

Think of it this way, what did Robin Hood do? He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Is Robin a menace?

A general is in charge of 15 men on a mission to protect 15 million. In the mission those men must sacrifice themselves to save the 15 million. Not one can return. One is not dead and is in need of rescue, but to do so would cost the lives of the 15 million. What should the general do?


These men are both educated and both have moralistic views to guide them. The lone soldier is going to be left because the good of them any outweigh the good of the few. Robin is not considered a menace because we know his backstory. He is robbing from a tyrant and giving the money back to the very people it is being taken from.

To have knowledge without moral guidence is like handing each person their own personal atomic bomb which they can use however they see fit. It's not that he will be evil or tyranical or anything like that. He will create his own ideas of right and wrong though, based on logic, which cannot always be counted upon to decipher a situation. The above examples show those two sides. It is logical to extinguish the one in favor of the many. However, it is illogical to commit a crime in order to correct one, because one then perpetuates the idea that not all crimes are bad. I don't need to do what's right if my cause is just. But if you've never been educated on morality, then a just cause comes from your own mind and not the collective minds of society.

Answer 3

Since the foundation of any society is its morals, to not educate a man (who is presumably part of that society) in its morals would cause him to be a menace to that society.

While this is a simplistic argument, an example might be:
A man is taught how to make a gun to hunt, but he's not told that it is only to be used to hunt for food or that killing another human being is wrong. Because he has been told how to make a gun without being taught about the moral implications surrounding using the gun on others - he could potentially become a menace to that society.

Answer 4

It means to teach a person, and make them intelligent, but if morality and a sense of right or wrong are not instilled the person could use their knowledge to be a menace to society as opposed to an asset.

Take a look at Jeffery Dahmer, the Unibomber, and many other serial killers. Many went to Ivy League school and had genius level IQ's.

Answer 5

A man who has never learned proper etiquette and ethics is a menace to society in the sense that you wouldn't know how to act around people which would force a negative impression on yourself. Therefore, everyone would think you were ignorant and would never take you seriously. A person with a lack of morals doesn't respect many boundaries in many realms.

Answer 6

It means that if someone learns scientific knowledge without developing any moral sense, they have become very powerful through their scientific knowledge yet are not concerned about the morality of their actions. For example, they might use science to make lots of money but cause pollution or disease at the same time without caring at all.

Answer 7

if a person has no heart ( or morals), he can do bad-bad ( = evil) things and the smarter a person like that is, the more dangerous s/he is. so, if good education is given to an evil mind, it will not be used for the welfare of the society.

Answer 8

the quote in my opinion means that without the moral to use the knowledge the man might use the knowledge for horrible purpose

Answer 9

Pretty much, to teach someone how to do something without teaching him right from wrong is basically allowing him to do something bad. (See the dudes in the planned London airplane bombings a while back. They're obviously smart, but weren't taught right from wrong, and thus, were bad.)

Answer 10

A man without morals will use his knowledge for criminal intents.